Engenius Controller Download

[Tammara Freimark]

TheDuraFon Roam base station controller (BSC) is required for the DuraFon Roam system. The BCS manages the system calls and hand-off between base units to ensure exceptional long-range coverage.

Have gone through the manual for the controller and shows screenshots with space to key in the default gateway and the IP address range etc for the guest network. But not finding an actual one on the controller.

According to the company, EnGenius Fit is geared toward home/small offices and separate from its traditional EnGenius Cloud solution, represented by the ECW230 or the ECW330, which is meant for medium business and enterprise environments. The two will co-exist with some overlap in demographics.

Each EnGenius FIT access point can work as a single individual broadcaster. In this case, you can use the local web interface to set it up. If you live where a single Wi-Fi broadcaster is enough, that'd be all you'd need to do, as described in the EWS377-FIT's review.

However, when you need two or more APs and want them to work together as a centrally managed system, the easiest way is the FitXpress cloud. To use it, you must first create a login account with EnGenius and then use the web portal or the FitXpress mobile app.

For the setup process, the FitXpress app is helpful. It allows the use of the phone's camera to scan the QR code on the back of an EnGenius FIT access point or switch to add them to the system. It took me less than 10 minutes to get a mesh consisting of two access points and a switch up and running via the app.

You can share the account's control between up to five users with different privilege levels, including owner, admin, and viewer. Each member can then access the FitXpress web portal or the mobile app (available for Android or iOS).

An admin or owner user can create up to eight SSIDs, automatically propagating to all access points. Each SSID has all available Wi-Fi settings and customization, including a captive portal option applicable for enterprise or public Wi-Fi access. You can make any of the SSIDs a Guest network.

You can view clients on a comprehensive list and manage each individually, including blocking them from accessing the network. You can also schedule Wi-Fi access by date and time, limit the bandwidth by clients or SSID, and create a separate NAT for the Wi-Fi network. When there's an EnGenius switch in the mix, the FitXpress can also handle VLAN and other standard and advanced port-related configurations.

Generally speaking, it's safe to say a FitXpress Wi-Fi system has everything in customization any home or office would need and then some. On the other hand, I find the interface simple and not overwhelming for those wanting a simple Wi-Fi network. And that's a good thing.

Specifically, certain setting changes and statuses often took up to a few minutes to apply or be synced between the hardware and management interfaces. The delay was so bad I initially thought something was broken. At the very least, the lag makes it hard to monitor the system. You'll have to wait for things to happen and be mindful that what you see might not necessarily be the real-time condition.

Additionally, while FitXpress is great for managing multiple access points, including those from different locations, with the same Wi-Fi settings, it's not ideal to manage multiple sites, each with its own Wi-Fi needs.

The FitCon100 is a compact piece device with two Gigabit ports, one being a PoE, which is the preferable way for it to get powered. Like the case of the access points, the controller doesn't include a power adapter or PoE injector.

Each controller can handle up to 100 FIT devices (access points and switches) and, like cloud management, doesn't require a subscription to work. However, it only works with devices of the same local area network (LAN). If you have multiple locations, you'll need to get a controller for each site.

A FitCon100 controller has a standard setup process and management using a local web user interface accessible via its local IP address. Specifically, you first need to hook it to a network, preferably by connecting it to a PoE switch (or an injector). T,hen figure out its IP address, given out by the router, the same way you want to know the IP of any device within a network.

Other than that, the controller's web interface is self-explanatory. If you're an advanced user or have mastered the web interface of a standard Wi-Fi router, access point, or switch before, you can figure things out relatively quickly.

Once you've accessed the controller's interface, adding a FIT access point or switch to it is a bit tedious. That's because the controller won't automatically detect access points or switches already hooked to the network. Instead, you'll need to manually add them via their serial numbers to the controller's "Inventory" and then manually "pair" the device(s) to the controller. Still

The FitCon100 controller has the same settings and features as the EnGenius Cloud Managed enterprise solution., So it has a lot more than FitXpress cloud management. I talked more about this in the review of the ECW336. But most home and small business environments will need just a portion of what it can do.

By default, the FitCon100's web interface is only available locally. However, as mentioned above, you can enable the remote access feature and pair it with a FitXpress account, just like you would with an access point or switch.

When used as a cloud-based FitExpress or via the controller with local management, the system passed my 3-day stress test with no disconnection. And I could move within the system's coverage generally with seamless handoff.

As for performance, as shown in the charts above, the system generally maxed out at Gigabit-class sustained speed, including when I used the APs with a third-party Multi-Gig switch. That's because none of the available EnGenius FIT APs currently feature a 160MHz channel width, which is required for the best Wi-Fi 6 performance.

Like most do-it-yourself mesh systems, the EnGenius FIT solution is not for everyone. To use it, you first need a router, preferably a non-WiFi one, a wired home or office, and the know-how to handle the advanced firmware. And that's quite a lot to consider.

But in return, you'll be able to build a flexible and reliable mesh system that delivers true Gigabit-class performance with the potential of faster speed and better management via firmware and hardware updates in the future.

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Not every organisation is looking for a cloud-based Wi-Fi solution and there is still a demand for on-premise solutions. Small businesses in particular often have little or no IT knowledge in-house to set up a network, and do not always want to outsource this to a third party.

To meet the needs of mostly smaller and medium-sized organisations, EnGenius has recently added EnGenius Fit to its offering, in addition to EnGenius Cloud. This is a separate group of products that is available in two flavours: FitController and FitXpress.

The former, as the name suggests, uses an on-prem controller, as you might be familiar with from other Wi-Fi vendors. However, FitXpress is delivered via the cloud, with the aim of making it as easy as possible to set up a network yourself. Finally, it is also possible to use the EnGenius Fit products completely standalone, i.e., not managed via cloud or controller. You can then simply log in directly to a switch or access point and configure it.

EnGenius FitController on the other hand is aimed at IT professionals. They may be present within the organisations themselves, but could also be working for an Managed Service Provider (MSP) or System Integrator (SI) serving these organisations. In total, you can set up to 50 separate networks with FitController and each FitController can manage up to 100 devices. Again, this only involves access points and switches, not gateways. As far as we know now, no gateway is planned for FitController.

The number of devices that can be managed by FitXpress and FitController may not seem huge, however for the target audience and how many devices a single access point or switch can control, then even with 30 devices you can set up quite a large network. Dozens of endpoint devices per access point is quite common, so with 30 devices you can easily handle many hundreds of endpoint devices.

There are also five network switches to choose from. Interestingly, these are all gigabit switches with PoE (four of the five with PoE+). This is notable because the EWS377-FIT access point has a 2.5Gbps port, so it seems logical that the range of switches will be expanded in future.

As we mentioned above whilst EnGenius FitController is definitely aimed at simplicity and convenience, however it is not plug and play. So, you need to have some basic knowledge to get started with it. You will need to find the IP address of the controller, and then use that along with the port 8080 to access the management portal via a web browser.

With EnGenius FitController, the controller also detects the products. But the process is slightly different, the devices that have been discovered can added to the inventory tab, where you can accept them or manually add devices, once they are accepted you then assign them to your desired network which will then apply the required configuration.

Whereas EnGenius FitController requires you to have some networking knowledge to get started with it, this is not the case with EnGenius FitXpress. All you need to do is download the app from the Play Store or App Store and create an account. The app then guides you through the connection process. That is also not much of a task. You add an access point or switch by scanning a QR code on the back of the device. You then give the network a name and get started.

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